Witness on finding body with David Dooley: 'He acted as surprised as I was'

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Opening statements for the retrial of David Dooley began Wednesday Feb. 20, 2019. Dooley was convicted for the murder of Michelle Mockbee in the previous trial. David Dooley and his attorney's listen to the prosecution's opening statements. Phil Didion

Opening statements for the retrial of David Dooley began Wednesday Feb. 20, 2019. Dooley was convicted for the murder of Michelle Mockbee in the previous trial. Prosecutor Jon Heck goes through opening statements with the jury. Phil Didion

Opening statements for the retrial of David Dooley began Wednesday Feb. 20, 2019. Dooley was convicted for the murder of Michelle Mockbee in the previous trial. Prosecutor Jon Heck begins the opening statements by sharing photos of the crime scene with the jury. Phil Didion

Opening statements for the retrial of David Dooley began Wednesday Feb. 20, 2019. Dooley was convicted for the murder of Michelle Mockbee in the previous trial. Judge James R. Schrand listens to both sides of the opening statements. Phil Didion

Opening statements for the retrial of David Dooley began Wednesday Feb. 20, 2019. Dooley was convicted for the murder of Michelle Mockbee in the previous trial. David Dooley's attorney speaks with him prior to the opening statements. Phil Didion

Opening statements for the retrial of David Dooley began Wednesday Feb. 20, 2019. Dooley was convicted for the murder of Michelle Mockbee in the previous trial. Judge James R. Schrand speaks with attorneys before the trial. Phil Didion

Opening statements for the retrial of David Dooley began Wednesday Feb. 20, 2019. Dooley was convicted for the murder of Michelle Mockbee in the previous trial. Dooley's defense attorney, Deanna Dennison, shares opening statements with the jury. Phil Didion

Opening statements for the retrial of David Dooley began Wednesday Feb. 20, 2019. Dooley was convicted for the murder of Michelle Mockbee in the previous trial. Prosecutor Jon Heck begins the opening statements by sharing photos of the crime scene with the jury. Phil Didion

Opening statements for the retrial of David Dooley began Wednesday Feb. 20, 2019. Dooley was convicted for the murder of Michelle Mockbee in the previous trial. Dooley's defense attorney, Deanna Dennison, shares opening statements with the jury. Phil Didion

Yuska said he asked Dooley to come to him and he led the janitor out of the room.

"I yelled at Dave, we have to get out of here," Yuska said.

Yuska said the janitor spoke as they left the room.

"He said 'I didn't want that on me. I didn't need to see this'," testified Yuska.

Yuska said blood had been spotted in a hallway by a third coworker near Yuska's and Mockbee's offices a few minutes before her body was found. Dooley was there.

"He said, 'Hey, this blood wasn't here when I cleaned this morning'," Yuska said of Dooley's reaction.

Prosecutor John Heck spent much of Day 5 of trial testimony asking Yuska to go over timecards and package scanner timestamps used by warehouse employees. Yuska said he and other supervisors could see how often packages were scanned and when there were lapses in between scans. Yuska was asked to go over what time different employees clocked in and the pattern of times they were scanning packages.

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But original timecards for Dooley the week of Mockbee's killing have not been found, Heck said.

Timecards were kept in Mockbee's office, Yuska said.

Defense attorney Deanna Dennison worked to poke holes in the prosecution's time card tracking approach.

Yuska read off times of a warehouse employee who noted he was working to unload a truck prior to Mockbee's body being found. There was no way of knowing when he was unloading the truck for sure, he said.

"He could come and go," Yuska said. "I wasn't sure when he was there and when he wasn't."